Colin Stetson

Colin Stetson

From The Film Scorer by Nicholas Marcus

May 31, 2026 · 34 min · Season 6 · Episode 1

About this episode

Nicholas Marcus interviews Colin Stetson about his score for 'Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen' and explores various themes in music and film scoring.

After a long wait and seemingly unending anticipation, Season 6 of The Film Scorer Podcast is here! To kick off the new season, I'm joined by the very rare repeat guest, the great Colin Stetson! Colin and I talked several years back (much longer ago than it feels), right around when The Texas Chainsaw Massacre came out, really digging into the weirdness of his score. This time, our focus is technically on his score for the new show Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, but we get off track almost immediately and seemingly never recover, talking about the show as well as his series of improv/collaboration releases, Chainsaw, playing on audience expectations, and trying to imbue projects with real and honest human experience. Frankly, it ended up pretty wide-ranging. Colin's score for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, and much of his other music, is available on all major platforms while the show itself is available on Netflix. And if you haven't yet, be sure to check out our prior conversation here: https://thefilmscorer.com/colin-stetson-on-scoring-texas-chainsaw-massacre/

People in this episode

Host: Nicholas Marcus

Guest: Colin Stetson

Topics covered

  • film scoring
  • interviews
  • music
  • improvisation
  • collaboration
  • human experience

Keywords

  • Colin Stetson
  • film scoring
  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre
  • Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen
  • music
  • improvisation
  • collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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